# What songs best portray botanist journaling **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 12, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637 "2025-12-12T17:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melaniethewitch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melaniethewitch/32/18930_2.png) [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/1 "2025-12-12T17:08:17Z")
What song encaptures the vibes? :3 My personal songs for it [Oblivion](https://open.spotify.com/track/3LGsgpx4TfxhXbr07OFKqs) [Genesis](https://open.spotify.com/track/3cjvqsvvU80g7WJPMVh8iq) [Insomniac by memo boy and chakra efendi](https://open.spotify.com/track/2klj0StczYde6WUHBJo5F6) [Feel the melody](https://open.spotify.com/track/61qXzQHMSwk3PStleYDJ2v) and [Dandelion by Gabbie hannah](https://open.spotify.com/track/1bwH7v7uLrJQxzh9wP9VGG) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/2 "2025-12-12T17:10:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HxqAJVxE5ww/maxresdefault.jpg "Café Tacvba - Las Flores (Live on KEXP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxqAJVxE5ww) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/3 "2025-12-12T22:03:37Z")
I’m not sure what “botanist journaling” is, but I’m going to guess maybe “The Secret Life of Plants” by Stevie Wonder. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/4 "2025-12-12T22:37:30Z")
Is it a goth botanist? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A4YMbyRlZNE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden (2010 Digital Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4YMbyRlZNE) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/5 "2025-12-12T22:39:59Z")
[The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Butterfly_Ball_and_the_Grasshopper%E2%80%99s_Feast#:~:text=The%20Butterfly%20Ball%20and%20the%20Grasshopper%E2%80%99s%20Feast%20is%20a%20concept,book%20based%20on%20the%20poem). that should fit the bill - both namewise and thematically … added bonus: you got Glenn Hughes, David Coverdale AND Ronnie James Dio singing on one record (which is actually pretty good) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/6 "2025-12-12T22:50:59Z")
When I saw the Genesis link I thought maybe it was to the song “Attack Of The Giant Hogweed”. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/7 "2025-12-13T02:10:15Z")
_One o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock, four o’clock, five Dandelions don’t care about the time_ ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/8 "2025-12-13T13:57:27Z")
Yeah. First thing I did when I opened this thread was to check if that Gabbie Hanna song were a cover of the Stones’ 1967 B-side. Alas, it is not. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/9 "2025-12-13T15:44:13Z")
[Where have all the flowers gone?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb2GiMSXJsg) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/10 "2025-12-13T16:05:25Z")
The Move had a good one during their hippie-dippie phase. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HXQFGAGHIP4/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/HXQFGAGHIP4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDHXQFGAGHIP4 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/11 "2025-12-13T16:28:03Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/agStR9nMrWU/hqdefault.jpg "Alice in Wonderland - All in the Golden Afternoon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agStR9nMrWU) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/12 "2025-12-13T16:28:48Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7-yTWhuK48s/maxresdefault.jpg "Spinal Tap - Listen to the Flower People 1967 Music Video HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-yTWhuK48s) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/13 "2025-12-13T16:48:55Z")
Same here !! (Although it’s actually the _Return_ of the Giant Hogweed) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-best-portray-botanist-journaling/1025637/14 "2025-12-13T17:15:52Z")
It’s alarming how charming it is to be a-farming… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M7SE4hdnFJY/maxresdefault.jpg "Now I'm A Farmer (New Remix / Twickenham Sessions / 1970)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7SE4hdnFJY)